№33, (2007)

All children who end up in orphanages for various reasons dream of having a real family. Now the process of adoption or legalization of guardianship may become more complicated. Employees of the...

On Nov. 3 Kyiv’s International Culture and Arts Center, better known as the former Zhovtnevy (October) Palace, hosted a spectacular 20th anniversary concert by the legendary group Vopli Vidopliasova...

The Art-Kyiv art fair can now claim the title of the biggest and only event of this format and scale in Ukraine. For the second time it is presenting Ukrainian paintings of the 20th and 21st...

After President Nicolas Sarkozy came to power in France, he announced ambitious plans concerning the development of the European Union and increasing France’s role in the world. What difficulties...

On Oct. 27 and Nov. 1-4, 1937, at a tract of land in southern Karelia known as Sandarmokh, Captain Mikhail Matveev executed 1,111 inmates of the Solovky [Rus. Solovki] Special-Purpose Forced Labor...

Nov. 6 1943: Troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front liberate Kyiv, the capital city of Soviet Ukraine, during the Second World War. 2001: President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine pays a one-day working visit to...

On Nov. 1, 2007, the 34th General Conference of UNESCO, consisting of 193 countries, unanimously adopted the resolution “Remembrance of Victims of the Great Famine (Holodomor) in Ukraine.” Recalling...

There are some 160,000 Ukrainians behind bars, including 1,400 serving life sentences. Among the most widespread crimes (about 50,000 committed every year) are burglaries and premeditated murders....

President Victor Yushchenko’s visit to Romania left a rather strange impression. On the one hand, the right words on neighborly relations and constructivism were said, and the first session of the...

The year 2007 is rich in jubilees that stand out from the anniversary of a fundamental event - the February Revolution in Russia. This year we are celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Central Rada...

Small naughty puppets are impatient by nature. Once every two years they visit Uzhhorod for the Interpuppet Festival, which is famous among puppeteers throughout the world. The organizers of this...

Since the start of 2007, around 500 Ukrainian migrant workers have died while doing a variety of jobs abroad, most of them middle- aged men killed on the job. Similar hazards befall women. There are...

For more than a week Tatarstan has not been supplying oil to Ukraine. This is official Kazan’s reaction, totally supported by the Kremlin, to the Ukrainian court ruling that reinstated Pavlo...

The Solovets Islands, commonly referred to as Solovky in Ukrainian, boast Mt. Sekirnaia, a gem of the northern environs. It is a captivatingly scenic spot, but here you must behave as though you are...

Jazz-Kolo (Jazz Circle) was founded with the goal of bringing the Ukrainian jazz scene, which is practically in the underground at the moment, to a new level. This is the brainchild of Ihor Zakus, a...